Tourist Accommodation
Dail Éireann — 2023-07-13
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Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF), Dublin South-Central

The Minister is correct that it is not all the members - in fact, the vast majority of hotels are trying to get by. There may be increases every now and again due to costs and so forth, but the multiple increases in the usual prices in certain areas of the country, Dublin included, cannot be justified. If this is a threat to the industry in our State, then the Minister and the Government need to act. This is the very same body which lobbied for special VAT rates, which were justifiable in many cases. This body has thus far been quite silent on this issue. It needs to remind all of its members, and those who are not members, that they are damaging the tourism industry and the tourism product we have and that this practice has to stop. If that does not happen, the Government, including the Minister, must have the powers to intervene to stop that damage to our tourism industry.

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Sitting date: 2023-07-13